Gov. Andrew Cuomo says lawsuit ‘sends a clear message’ as state joins dozens of others suing drug manufacturer<p>New York state filed a lawsuit Tuesday against opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma LP, alleging the company played down the health risks and overpromoted its signature opioid painkiller to …

The attorneys general of more than 30 states on Friday threw their support behind Alabama’s lawsuit against prescription opiate manufacturers and distributors, filing amicus briefs to oppose two motions to dismiss Alabama’s action in federal court in Cleveland.<p>Alabama filed suit in February as part …

A federal judge has rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP’s bid to keep a lawsuit by Oklahoma’s attorney general accusing it and other drugmakers of deceptively marketing opioid painkillers out of state court.<p>U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange in Oklahoma City on Friday granted Oklahoma …

A House committee investigating the opioid crisis is asking three pharmaceutical manufacturers to answer questions and provide documents about their internal practices, including when they learned prescription opioids could be addictive and how they have marketed the drugs.<p>The House Energy and …

New Brunswick says it’s considering launching or joining a lawsuit aimed at recovering health care costs from the growing opioid crisis.<p>At least 241 people in New Brunswick have died from accidental opioid overdoses in the past 11 years and Health Minister Benoit Bourque says the number of related …

For more than 25 years, Purdue Pharma has developed opioid medications. While opioid analgesics may help patients with acute and chronic pain when other treatment options are inadequate, earlier this year we decided that our sales representatives will no longer promote opioids to prescribers.<p>We are …